By Jonathan Capriel ( June 18, 2025, 8:48 PM EDT) — Plane passengers injured during a failed takeoff and “chaotic emergency evacuation” are suing Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., claiming the company failed to maintain equipment and properly train crew…. Law360 is on it, so you are, too. A Law360 subscription puts you at…
A view shows the headquarters of New World Development at New World Tower, in Hong Kong, China September 27, 2024. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo HONG KONG, June 19 (Reuters Breakingviews) – A property giant’s struggle to secure an $11 billion debt refinancing is keeping regulators and bankers in Hong Kong on edge, for good reason. A…
Hong Kong is strengthening its global financial leadership with a revamped digital asset strategy and a booming stock market. Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary Paul Chan has launched the city’s second major push into the digital asset space. After the initial push in 2022, which attracted dozens of crypto companies and laid the regulatory groundwork, Chan…
Hong Kong and Shanghai, China’s international and domestic financial centres, used to talk about competition more than collaboration. Now the bigger context of geopolitical tension has thrust Hong Kong to the forefront of Beijing’s commercial expansion strategy amid an American tariff and tech war aimed at containing China’ rise. Shanghai and Hong Kong have signed…
Hong Kong singer Tommy Yuen Man-on has been arrested for allegedly stealing snacks from a supermarket, the Post has learned. Yuen, a former member of the defunct Cantopop boy band E-kids, was arrested on Wednesday after he was spotted acting suspiciously by patrolling officers in To Kwa Wan, police said. He allegedly stole items from…
Home » Hong Kong News » Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Philippines, and Australia Drive Explosive Non-Mainland Growth as Hong Kong Surpasses Twenty Million Visitors in First Five Months of 2025 Thursday, June 19, 2025 Hong Kong’s tourism industry has roared back to life in 2025, recording over 20 million visitor arrivals between January and…
Cathay Pacific Airways’ budget carrier, HK Express, expects passenger numbers to grow by up to 40 per cent this year despite feeling “some impact” from cuts to summer flights to Japan as a result of Hongkongers avoiding the country over earthquake rumours, its boss has said. HK Express CEO Jeanette Mao Jie-qiong said on Wednesday…
A Hong Kong construction company linked to five workplace deaths in three accidents will have a ban on its operating licence lifted following a temporary court order, even as two of the firm’s six contracts have been terminated. The Development Bureau said on Wednesday that Aggressive Construction Company would remain on the government’s registered list…
A robber tied up a shop assistant, rendered her unconscious and made off with Hermes bags and a Van Cleef & Arpels necklace worth nearly HK$3 million (US$382,170) in total in Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui on Wednesday. The 49-year-old female victim opened the first-floor store at Supreme House on Hart Avenue at about 9.30am,…
Standard setters agreed Wednesday to publish changes to the voluntary guidelines underpinning corporate global environmental, social, and governance disclosure rules. The International Sustainability Standards Board unanimously agreed to ratify the changes to reporting rules for mining companies, electricity firms, and food companies. The ISSB requires companies to report on all areas of sustainability considered material—or…